Under intense heat in Haute-Garonne, Toulouse ended a series of five matches without a victory in Ligue 1, letting off steam against an overwhelmed FC Metz (3-0) who had not lost since… five matches. There were already a plethora of chances at half-time, and “only” two goals because of a damage-limiting Alexandre Oukidja. Gabriel Suazo (7th), Thijs Dallinga (26th, 35th), Niklas Schmidt (33rd) and César Gelabert (40th) were able to testify to the prowess of the Algerian goalkeeper. Schmidt nevertheless deceived him, from six meters with a shot under the bar (33rd, 1-0), before Dallinga imitated with finesse (42nd, 2-0).
The timid sparks from Metz, notably from the incoming Ablie Jallow, never made the Toulouse residents waver. Also coming into play, center forward Frank Magri hit the nail on the head with a beautiful sequence, oriented control and heavy strike from the right (82nd, 3-0). The TFC goes back to 9th place in the ranking and leaves the Garnets in the rearview mirror, in 13th place.
After four matches without defeat, the promoted side from Le Havre fell on their lawn at the Océane stadium against Lille (0-2), who quickly forgot their defeat at home last Tuesday against Reims (2-1). Despite a goal denied to Issa Soumaré (5th) and a dangerous Le Havre corner (18th), the Mastiffs slowly weaved their web, before Edon Zhegrova cleaned the cobweb in the cages of Arthur Desmas, with a superb strike from the left (40th, 0-1). A fair reward, as Desmas worked several times, notably on a header from Leny Yoro (30th).
Had the HAC already missed its chance? In any case, he never came close to sticking again. With Zhegrova still at the helm, Cavaleiro saw his rebound deflected at point blank range by Yohann Salmier, and thus deceive the unfortunate Desmas (54th, 0-2). At the end of a calming second period, LOSC reassured itself before the rest of the Europa Conference League and returned to the top 6. Le Havre stagnated in the soft underbelly, in 9th place.
Nice is still the only undefeated team this season in L1, after its draw (0-0) against the astonishing Brestois, runners-up to the Monegasque leader. Starting with his feet on the floor, Brest found the post with a cross from Jérémy Le Douaron (8th) before a violent response from Nice. Jérémie Boga lit the bar with a volley into the area, then Gaëtan Laborde came up against Marco Bizot in a similar exercise (20th). The offensive desires were not rewarded, and they ended up blunting.
Like a two-minute interval, with a free kick from Boga (Nice, 64th) into the wall and one from Kenny Lala (66th, Brest) pushed back as a precaution by Marcin Bulka, no one really took the lead. above at the Allianz Riviera. Result: Brest will spend the week in the shoes of 2nd in L1, tied on points with Monaco and with only one unit ahead of Reims and Nice.